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The article in full details an experiment which is, sadly, though necessarily for science, much more limited than the leading paragraph suggests ... but it's interesting nonetheless. It explores the notion that people can set themselves aside whilst reading about another person, and take on that person's identity, that this can linger with a person well after they've come back to the real world, and have an affect on their opinions and choices.
( Extensive musing and a certain amount of navel-gazing ... )
Psychologists Discover How People Subconsciously Become Their Favorite Fictional Characters
Psychologists have discovered that while reading a book or story, people are prone to subconsciously adopt their behavior, thoughts, beliefs and internal responses to that of fictional characters as if they were their own.
The article in full details an experiment which is, sadly, though necessarily for science, much more limited than the leading paragraph suggests ... but it's interesting nonetheless. It explores the notion that people can set themselves aside whilst reading about another person, and take on that person's identity, that this can linger with a person well after they've come back to the real world, and have an affect on their opinions and choices.
( Extensive musing and a certain amount of navel-gazing ... )
